| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
131.48 |
1.1016 |
0.2289 |
233 |
1 |
131.48 |
2015-05-02 |
| 2. |
Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it migh... |
129.35 |
1.1522 |
0.1536 |
202 |
1 |
129.35 |
2022-06-11 |
| 3. |
We live in an age when people do more writing than they have... |
128.93 |
1.0078 |
0.2937 |
280 |
1 |
128.93 |
2015-05-02 |
| 4. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
123.39 |
1.0596 |
0.1880 |
239 |
2 |
110.86 |
2015-05-02 |
| 5. |
I felt the urge to reassure him that I was like everybody el... |
121.84 |
1.0430 |
0.1919 |
165 |
1 |
121.84 |
2022-06-11 |
| 6. |
Tim and the Princess lounge in the castle garden, laughing t... |
120.88 |
1.0152 |
0.2111 |
192 |
1 |
120.88 |
2016-06-24 |
| 7. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
117.58 |
0.9786 |
0.2110 |
235 |
3 |
108.77 |
2015-05-02 |
| 8. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
116.91 |
1.0462 |
0.1338 |
184 |
1 |
116.91 |
2015-05-02 |
| 9. |
You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the ... |
116.79 |
1.0696 |
0.1168 |
317 |
1 |
116.79 |
2022-06-11 |
| 10. |
When I close my eyes, I am at the center of the sun. And I c... |
115.90 |
1.0543 |
0.1187 |
113 |
1 |
115.90 |
2015-05-06 |
| 11. |
It's a funny thing, but people mostly have it backward. They... |
115.38 |
1.0612 |
0.1062 |
173 |
1 |
115.38 |
2015-05-02 |
| 12. |
Music finds a comfortable parallel with that of human langua... |
115.29 |
1.0485 |
0.1552 |
153 |
1 |
115.29 |
2015-05-02 |
| 13. |
You know what nobody's mentioned? Is that this is supposed t... |
114.78 |
1.0016 |
0.1572 |
176 |
1 |
114.78 |
2022-06-11 |
| 14. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
113.85 |
1.0515 |
0.0988 |
250 |
1 |
113.85 |
2015-05-02 |
| 15. |
A time being is someone who lives in time, and that means yo... |
113.76 |
1.0531 |
0.0964 |
438 |
1 |
113.76 |
2022-06-11 |
| 16. |
Don't bother trying to explain your emotions. Live everythin... |
112.83 |
1.0086 |
0.1342 |
240 |
1 |
112.83 |
2015-05-02 |
| 17. |
Look and think as far ahead as possible. Often, a driver's n... |
110.48 |
1.0555 |
0.0879 |
323 |
1 |
110.48 |
2015-05-03 |
| 18. |
I feel that life is divided into the horrible and the misera... |
109.73 |
1.0359 |
0.0703 |
371 |
1 |
109.73 |
2022-06-11 |
| 19. |
I can lead with pride, I can make us strong. I'll be satisfi... |
108.60 |
1.0329 |
0.0655 |
536 |
1 |
108.60 |
2022-06-11 |
| 20. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
107.92 |
1.0799 |
0.0087 |
243 |
1 |
107.92 |
2015-05-02 |
| 21. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
107.57 |
1.0619 |
0.0262 |
354 |
1 |
107.57 |
2015-05-02 |
| 22. |
In fact, the mere act of opening the box will determine the ... |
107.41 |
0.9976 |
0.0907 |
201 |
1 |
107.41 |
2015-05-02 |
| 23. |
That fear had been inside him for many years, it had lived w... |
106.60 |
1.0740 |
0.0429 |
264 |
1 |
106.60 |
2015-05-02 |
| 24. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
106.43 |
1.0767 |
-0.0026 |
212 |
1 |
106.43 |
2015-05-06 |
| 25. |
Punishment and negative reinforcement are opposites. Punishm... |
106.23 |
1.0338 |
0.0455 |
338 |
1 |
106.23 |
2015-05-02 |
| 26. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
106.19 |
0.9734 |
0.0994 |
289 |
1 |
106.19 |
2015-05-02 |
| 27. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
105.56 |
1.0595 |
0.0079 |
379 |
1 |
105.56 |
2016-06-24 |
| 28. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
105.43 |
0.9293 |
0.1372 |
355 |
1 |
105.43 |
2022-06-11 |
| 29. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, to see how... |
105.17 |
1.0403 |
0.0407 |
193 |
1 |
105.17 |
2015-05-02 |
| 30. |
There are but two types of men who desire war: those who hav... |
104.18 |
1.0679 |
-0.0111 |
256 |
1 |
104.18 |
2016-06-24 |
| 31. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
104.08 |
1.0316 |
0.0210 |
333 |
1 |
104.08 |
2015-05-02 |
| 32. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
103.67 |
1.0062 |
0.0419 |
288 |
2 |
99.78 |
2015-05-03 |
| 33. |
The invention of the wheel represented a major turning point... |
103.08 |
0.8773 |
0.1665 |
205 |
1 |
103.08 |
2015-05-01 |
| 34. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
102.66 |
1.0025 |
0.0347 |
256 |
2 |
99.70 |
2022-06-11 |
| 35. |
Well I woke in mid-afternoon 'cause that's when it all hurts... |
102.36 |
1.0621 |
-0.0051 |
263 |
1 |
102.36 |
2015-05-02 |
| 36. |
Many wines have more than 14 percent alcohol because the win... |
102.29 |
0.9739 |
0.0919 |
412 |
1 |
102.29 |
2015-05-02 |
| 37. |
Cardan's gaze catches mine, and I can't help the evil smile ... |
102.00 |
1.0289 |
-0.0013 |
244 |
1 |
102.00 |
2022-06-11 |
| 38. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
101.78 |
0.9846 |
0.0434 |
281 |
1 |
101.78 |
2015-05-02 |
| 39. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
100.82 |
1.1114 |
-0.0947 |
247 |
1 |
100.82 |
2016-06-24 |
| 40. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
100.32 |
1.0516 |
-0.0379 |
281 |
1 |
100.32 |
2015-05-02 |
| 41. |
In the short term, it would make me happy to go play outside... |
100.11 |
1.0706 |
-0.0597 |
215 |
1 |
100.11 |
2022-06-11 |
| 42. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
100.01 |
1.0506 |
-0.0110 |
277 |
2 |
90.22 |
2015-05-02 |
| 43. |
I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you... |
99.23 |
1.0057 |
0.0016 |
458 |
1 |
99.23 |
2015-05-02 |
| 44. |
I believe that you are sincere and good at heart. If you do ... |
99.04 |
1.0019 |
0.0028 |
474 |
1 |
99.04 |
2022-06-11 |
| 45. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
98.32 |
1.0263 |
-0.0335 |
267 |
1 |
98.32 |
2015-05-02 |
| 46. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
98.03 |
0.9942 |
-0.0010 |
483 |
1 |
98.03 |
2015-05-02 |
| 47. |
The great edifice of variety and choice that is an American ... |
97.40 |
1.0083 |
0.0192 |
273 |
1 |
97.40 |
2015-05-02 |
| 48. |
Living men are bound by time... Thus, their lives have an ur... |
97.33 |
0.9884 |
-0.0012 |
365 |
1 |
97.33 |
2015-05-01 |
| 49. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
96.65 |
0.9798 |
-0.0067 |
199 |
1 |
96.65 |
2015-05-03 |
| 50. |
Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his ha... |
96.46 |
1.1162 |
-0.1017 |
189 |
1 |
96.46 |
2015-05-02 |
| 51. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
96.44 |
1.0487 |
-0.0776 |
231 |
1 |
96.44 |
2015-05-02 |
| 52. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
96.41 |
0.8826 |
0.0931 |
296 |
2 |
90.29 |
2015-05-06 |
| 53. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
96.07 |
0.9601 |
0.0120 |
308 |
1 |
96.07 |
2015-05-02 |
| 54. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
95.25 |
0.9125 |
0.0504 |
308 |
1 |
95.25 |
2015-05-02 |
| 55. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
95.00 |
0.9049 |
0.0569 |
351 |
1 |
95.00 |
2015-05-02 |
| 56. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
94.79 |
0.9678 |
0.0179 |
445 |
1 |
94.79 |
2015-05-02 |
| 57. |
In most cases, there is more to be gained by maximizing the ... |
94.55 |
1.0598 |
-0.1090 |
196 |
1 |
94.55 |
2015-05-02 |
| 58. |
Always do your best - your best is going to change from mome... |
94.20 |
1.0038 |
-0.0218 |
237 |
1 |
94.20 |
2015-05-02 |
| 59. |
To drive out of the Central Valley of California on a hot da... |
94.14 |
0.9566 |
0.0105 |
576 |
1 |
94.14 |
2015-05-02 |
| 60. |
Imagine for a moment if we once again knew these few unremar... |
93.30 |
1.0662 |
-0.0929 |
407 |
1 |
93.30 |
2015-05-02 |
| 61. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
92.56 |
0.9946 |
-0.0612 |
246 |
1 |
92.56 |
2015-05-04 |
| 62. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
92.43 |
0.9266 |
0.0068 |
267 |
1 |
92.43 |
2016-06-24 |
| 63. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
92.36 |
0.9398 |
-0.0029 |
419 |
1 |
92.36 |
2015-05-02 |
| 64. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
92.32 |
1.0545 |
-0.0876 |
416 |
1 |
92.32 |
2015-05-02 |
| 65. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
91.95 |
0.9578 |
-0.0300 |
281 |
1 |
91.95 |
2015-05-02 |
| 66. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
91.58 |
0.9863 |
-0.0601 |
339 |
1 |
91.58 |
2016-06-24 |
| 67. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
91.37 |
1.0555 |
-0.1325 |
363 |
1 |
91.37 |
2015-05-01 |
| 68. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
90.17 |
1.0203 |
-0.1084 |
261 |
1 |
90.17 |
2016-06-24 |
| 69. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
88.90 |
0.9464 |
-0.0473 |
323 |
1 |
88.90 |
2015-05-03 |
| 70. |
The basic concept is simple: a satellite in geosynchronous o... |
88.61 |
0.9665 |
-0.0242 |
326 |
1 |
88.61 |
2015-05-02 |
| 71. |
In the English language, swearing is essential to effective ... |
88.25 |
0.9546 |
-0.0357 |
198 |
1 |
88.25 |
2015-05-02 |
| 72. |
The men in the room suddenly realized that they didn't want ... |
88.15 |
1.0319 |
-0.1398 |
215 |
1 |
88.15 |
2015-05-02 |
| 73. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
88.03 |
0.9088 |
-0.0176 |
348 |
2 |
85.80 |
2015-05-02 |
| 74. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
87.79 |
1.0016 |
-0.1178 |
218 |
1 |
87.79 |
2015-05-05 |
| 75. |
Remembering you running soft through the night. You were big... |
87.63 |
1.0863 |
-0.1667 |
210 |
1 |
87.63 |
2015-05-02 |
| 76. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
86.49 |
0.9772 |
-0.1055 |
217 |
1 |
86.49 |
2015-05-02 |
| 77. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
85.51 |
0.9216 |
-0.0229 |
255 |
1 |
85.51 |
2015-05-01 |
| 78. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
84.75 |
1.0483 |
-0.1955 |
227 |
1 |
84.75 |
2015-05-02 |
| 79. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
84.31 |
1.0029 |
-0.1549 |
209 |
1 |
84.31 |
2015-05-02 |
| 80. |
First of all, you must be comfortable, otherwise it will be ... |
84.22 |
0.9831 |
-0.1356 |
222 |
1 |
84.22 |
2015-05-02 |
| 81. |
He thinks he's got free will, but really he's trapped in a m... |
83.32 |
1.0337 |
-0.1940 |
490 |
1 |
83.32 |
2022-06-11 |
| 82. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
82.63 |
0.9912 |
-0.1285 |
237 |
1 |
82.63 |
2015-05-02 |
| 83. |
Don't make assumptions - find the courage to ask questions a... |
81.64 |
1.0608 |
-0.2031 |
258 |
1 |
81.64 |
2015-05-02 |
| 84. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
81.10 |
1.0398 |
-0.2280 |
110 |
1 |
81.10 |
2015-05-02 |
| 85. |
Picking up the pieces, half alive in a nine 'til five, vacan... |
80.74 |
0.9855 |
-0.1386 |
258 |
1 |
80.74 |
2016-06-24 |
| 86. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
78.74 |
0.9097 |
-0.0790 |
464 |
1 |
78.74 |
2015-05-02 |
| 87. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
78.22 |
0.9681 |
-0.1766 |
378 |
1 |
78.22 |
2015-05-01 |
| 88. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
73.88 |
0.8852 |
-0.1407 |
201 |
1 |
73.88 |
2016-06-24 |
| 89. |
When beetles fight these battles in a bottle with their padd... |
72.95 |
0.9801 |
-0.2427 |
209 |
1 |
72.95 |
2015-05-02 |